Revolutionary Spray Foam Services LLC

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Guen is awesome. She's enormously knowledgeable about not just insulation, but also flooring, concrete, construction, drywall, weatherproofing and probably lots of things I didn't ask her about. She was also just cool. Friendly, professional and great at her job. As for the actual work, they were in and out in like 2 days. Actually a day and a half, I think. Not that they were rushing, they were incredibly thorough, and hanging drywall over their work was not an issue. totally flush. I also noticed how much more comfortable my house was almost immediately. When I first started looking into spray foam, I kept seeing people talk about how expensive it was. Rev Foam's estimate was way below what I was expecting, and for the amount of work done and for the massive improvement to my home I think what they charged is more than reasonable. Add to that the fact that closed-cell spray foam is light-years beyond any of the alternatives barring that NASA super-gel or, like, vacuum-sealed walls or witchcraft or something, and the whole thing seems like quite a bargain. The foam they sprayed has an r-value of 7.4, higher than the stupid rigid board stuff I was futzing with for months. It also has no seams for heat and wind to blow through, unlike the stupid rigid board stuff I was futzing with for months. It's also extremely water-resistant, which is a huge thing for a garden unit. All around working with Revolutionary Foam was one of the best experiences I had in the process of buying my house and fixing it up. From the actual work that they did, to the people who did it (Guen, really. I don't think I really spoke to the other guy.) and the prices they charged I can't imagine how any of it could be better. All top-quality, #1 best job. Thumbs up.

Their service was great. They were easy to work with. They even worked with another company that also helped with the crawl space.

Guen is a capable and responsible owner. She communicates clearly and regularly. She is honest and hard working. She is able to keep her prices fair by keeping her operation efficient. She financed the job, and made it possible for us to have a warm winter when we couldn't afford to pay it all up front. She knows the products and helped us understand what we needed to know about spray foam. We highly recommend Guen and the Rev. Spray Foam team.

Guen came out and estimated, wrote everything up and e-mailed it within a couple of days. We scheduled her a few weeks after that. Service was great, everything went as planned, cost was exactly as estimated. She called the night before to make sure we were set and went over exactly what was going to be done again so we were all on the same page. The workers arrived on time, were completely professional, completed everything promptly, and there was no smell or odor after just a few hours. They did a great job masking areas that were not to be sprayed as well as furniture, electronics, etc. Highly recommended.

My small, one-story house has a complicated attic layout and a hard-to-reach area with very little vertical clearance over a room addition. In spite of this, Guen and her helper did a good job cleaning my attic out and installing foam insulation. I had the insulation removed about two weeks prior to the new insulation installation because I needed to perform some other work on the house, mainly closing off gable vents and reinforcing/repairing gable walls. Her help definitely earned their pay doing the cleanout. They filled a 20-yard dumpster over half way. Note that their vacuum is designed to handle a large volume of light material and won't remove hunks of wood, nails, chunks of plaster, etc. often found in old houses like mine. Still, they removed 99% of the nasty stuff. I had planned to haul my shop vac into the attic to clean up what was left and remove insulation and debris from the above-mentioned wall cavities, but my attic entrance was too narrow to fit it up there. Guen was able to clean those areas out by hand and install closed-cell foam as a last-minute request. I had forgotten to ask her about this at the time of the original bid, but she charged a reasonable amount to do this. Foaming equipment requires a lot of electrical power to heat the foam resin. Some installers have diesel or gasoline-powered generators on self-contained foaming rigs. Guen's equipment requires 240V 60A power, which she is able to connect to straight from your breaker panel. This is probably a factor in her ability to charge competitive prices. Due to the tight spaces, this job took about 12 hours to complete. Guen didn't slack. This is hard work. The only error Guen made was accidentally foaming one small interior wall of my crawlspace. I wish that foam would have ended up on an attic gable wall instead . New foam outgasses fumes for several weeks after installation. Have it installed during fair weather if you can so you can open windows. Luckily, my house has an energy recovery ventilator which I had to keep it running 24/7 for two months to get rid of the fumes. This is not the installer's fault. All foam will do this. Originally, Guen proposed foaming my attic with open-cell-foam. After doing some research on the buildingscience.com web site and at other builder's forums, I saw that this is not recommended for colder climates due to the possibility of condensation forming inside the foam. Even though air doesn't move readily though open-cell foam, moist air can work its way in by gaseous diffusion. Condensation can cause mold and/or rot of any wood underneath. Open-cell foam is certainly less expensive and much easier to install than closed-cell, but I decided to spend the extra money on closed-cell. Closed-cell is also much more abuse-resistant (it's tough - you'll need a saw to cut it), takes up less room due to higher R-value and actually adds significant strength to structures it is applied to. Do your own research, talk to competitors, draw your own conclusions. Open-cell is fine for walls. IMHO, it doesn't belong in attics unless you live in TX or GA. Conclusion: Guen did a fine job installing my insulation. I would definitely hire her again and have already recommended her to others. Due to the combination of better insulation and a more weather-tight house, my furnace runs about half as much as it used to. Having a clean, conditioned attic to use for storage added lots of value to this admittedly expensive improvement and to my home's value.

Guen was on time, protected everything and left everything well cleaned. She and her crew are very professional and helpful and came in and performed the job. Excellent company!

Once the job was complete, the draft was noticeably gone. I could now enter the attic and not see my breath. Because the attic houses a furnace, the temperature was the same as the second floor bedrooms. It was a lot of work to remove flooring, then vacuum out the fluffy insulation, spray along the rim joists, then spray the attic floor to ceiling. As she began spraying 1st floor rim joists, she pointed out areas where daylight could be seen. The foam completely sealed off those areas and instantaneously stopped the refrigerator effect in the house. Completely for the first time ever! This project was not done all at once, but the combined effect has been amazing. Guen gave me the best price and her knowledge of properly applying the foam product and how the foam would terminate the air passage through walls and help warm the floor above was 100% accurate. The fact that drywall had to be removed was a fact that I knew had to be dealt with, which was why I did this part myself. I had the house built and know that the lazy/stupid/jerk builder did not insulate. So for 10 years my family endured this chilly part of the home. Now the temperature is even throughout the house for the first time, it is quieter and my furnace can maintain the thermostat setting without hardly any effort. Guen will tell you how to correct your insulation issues, and this should not be construed as a "sales pitch". Guen knows what she is talking about and I recommed her for her price, knowledge and workmanship. Revolutionary Spray Foam will do what they say, when they say and put it in writing. This was the best money I have ever spent on home maintenance.

This job went very smooth. The owner was punctual coming out to give us an estimate, was very knowledgeable about what she was going to do, and educated us about the product being used and the process. We agreed on the price and set up the appointment. The owner and another worker came out when they said they would, set up everything, were very careful to cover up the carpet in the room they would be coming through, and down the steps before they started. They did a great job, cleaned up very well, were safe and very organized. They cleaned up very well and got the job done in the amount of time that was estimated. We were very pleased with this company.

This was the easiest part of a very difficult and exhausting addition to my home. It was also the best decision I made in the remodel process.